NRLC's Vast Array of Back-to-School Resources.(National Right to Life Committee)

Anyone much older than, say, 30 knows that an infusion of young people dramatically alters the dynamics of any situationand almost always for the better. That holds true, whether you're talking about 25 eager young swimmers jumping in my community aquatic center pool this morning, or when a dozen or so interns and those enrolled in NRLC's new Academy join National Right to Life for the summer.

As you read these remarks, many of your sons and daughters are already walking across college campuses. Soon afterwards other children will be returning to elementary, middle, or high school. That's why we spent a lot of time in this issue talking about information they can use in their studies or in profiling pro-life young peopleyour future, our nation's future, and our Movement's future.

Referring to the NRL Academy, Joleigh Little recently wrote, "It's like college, only all of the courses are on the life issues!" (More about Joleigh below.) The NRL Educational Trust Fund is sponsoring this six-week summer program to train pro-life college students in a vigorous, academic setting. I can attest that this is a very wise investment of always tight resources.

Let me say upfront that all the young people who've energized our offices this summerinterns and Academy attendees alikeare scary smart. I was one of the first to give a more-or-less formal presentation to the college students attending the Academy.

Frankly, I am not easily impressed, as anyone who knows me can attest. But these young people knew their stuff. On more than one occasion I offered up scenarios to see how well they could analyze what was really taking place. Their quick, thoughtful responses impressed me no end. I can only hope they gained as much from the vigorous back-and-forth, give-and-take as I did.

On pages 1 and 4, you'll read firsthand accounts from an intern and an Academy attendee. They represent a birds-eye view of the cutting-edge organization that leads the greatest movement for social justice of our time.

Joe Landrum, administrative assistant for public information for the NRL Educational Trust Fund, was kind enough to take time to write two stories about what is available from the Trust Fund, either by ordering or by downloading materials from NRLC's web page at www.nrlc.org.